TUFTS Invitational
at Medford, Mass.

MEN'S TRACK WINS SECOND MEET IN A ROW AT TUFTS

MEDFORD, Mass. -- For the second week in a row, the Bates College men's track and field team emerged victorious, topping 16 teams at the Tufts University Invitational.

Junior Lucas Adams (Nottingham, N.H.) continued his fine season, capturing the hammer and discus throws while placing third in the shot put. Classmate Mike Danahy (So. Windsor) made a bid at his third national championship of the 1998-99 season by qualifying provisionally in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:55. Senior John Cullinan (Yonkers, N.Y.) took second in the 10,000-meter with a time of 23:08, a whopping 1:21 better than his previous personal best.

 
Men's Team Scores
1. Bates College 138.3
2. UMass-Lowell 135.5
3. Wheaton 116
4. Tufts 112
5. Bridgewater State 59
6. Bryant 58
7. Bentley 51
8. Nichols 39
9. Keene State 35
10. Comm. College of Rhode Island 17
11. Naval Prep Acad. 16
12. Stonehill 11
13. Salem State 6
14. Babson 5
15. Merrimack 4
16. Roger Williams 1

Lucas Adams - 1st, Hammer, Discus, 3rd Shotput
Mike Danahy -  2nd, 5K run
John Cullinan - 2nd, 10K run
Erik Zwick - 2nd, 400m dash
Peter Beeson - 2nd, pole vault
Chris Terry - 3rd, 3K Steeplechase
4x100 relay - 2nd place (Kevin Jackson, Ben Cohen, Erik Zwick, Rob Deery)

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